STX and High Rider Info!

[baddis]

not a highrider. the highrider was stopped in 88.

 

[LordVngr]

not a highrider. the highrider was stopped in 88.

Not true but they called it the Sport Rider suspension in 89, I'm looking right at it in my 1989 sales brouchure. It say's and I quote " The 4WD Sport Rider suspension, Standard in STX and optional in custom XLT features 21 Unique components for increased ride height and improved performance.

I'm sure I have the suspension but the rest I dont know about.


Ok, Just went and looked and for sure I have the radius arms crossmember blocks and I think the extra plate on the passenger side bracket. Dont think the transfer case is different though.

I didnt realize that there was both a High rider and Sport rider suspension. I've always thought they were one and the same. Ford must have dropped the Option in 88 But included the suspensions in 89 model Stx's. Who knows/cares, I'm still happy I didnt trade it in. Night...

 

[87stx]

So this is what my 87 is, because I have 31 inch co-ops with no lift but the factory lift. My mastercylinder is leaking (brake) and can't non of the stores get one because the ports are facing the engine and not the fender. I have to got to ford or find one in a junkyard, which I did. Mine has the stripes also. Pictures coming soon! Tim

 

[metalmacguyver]

Among those 21 components was included a drop pitman arm.

 

[stegomon]

well i know my "stx" was stock in all black and had an l/s in the back with a dana 35..becouse of a 90 and it had a m5od in the thing....but now it is llifted with a 4.0 and manual t-case and other crap that i swapped in

 

[AllanD]

not a highrider. the highrider was stopped in 88.

Incorrect. the last year for the "High Rider" was 1989.

I've pillaged the brackets off of TWO '89 Highrider STX's

Not true but they called it the Sport Rider suspension in 89, I'm looking right at it in my 1989 sales brouchure. It say's and I quote " The 4WD Sport Rider suspension, Standard in STX and optional in custom XLT features 21 Unique components for increased ride height and improved performance.

I'm sure I have the suspension but the rest I dont know about.


Ok, Just went and looked and for sure I have the radius arms crossmember blocks and I think the extra plate on the passenger side bracket. Dont think the transfer case is different though.

I didnt realize that there was both a High rider and Sport rider suspension. I've always thought they were one and the same. Ford must have dropped the Option in 88 But included the suspensions in 89 model Stx's. Who knows/cares, I'm still happy I didnt trade it in. Night...

My '87 supercab also has the radius arm spacer blocks, but they aren't stock.

My truck wasn't even a 4x4 originally.

The "tell" is are the drop brackets riveted to the frame rail or bolted?

I've been told that a few, a VERY FEW (<10) supercabs were factory produced in late '87 as engineering "test articles" with the Highrider
parts and several more were "accidentially" produced (by mistake,
but on purpose if you catch my drift) by assembly line workers who
were working on a special order vehicle that was being built as their
OWN personal vehicle.

part of the reason it was "difficult" was that the supercabs were NOT produced at the same plant as those producing standard cabs.
Frankly I've never seen a US-built Gen1 or Gen2 supercab that wasn't produced at the Twin-Cities assembly plant

There are "unacknowledged Rarieties" that got made because the truck was being made specifically for someone at ford as their personal vehicle
on a special order basis. OR the build was "specialized" at the plant
without corporate approval because someone at the plant ordered
a vehicle for themselves then literally "walked it down the line"
making sure it got built EXACTLY the unorthodox way they wanted it.

 

[Joe_Roofer]

Wow!
I'm going to look at an '89 STX tomorrow that I was going to buy for parts
for my '90 XLT. Now I'm really kinda excited! All it needs is a head gasket (as far as I know), maybe I'll just fix it.
Nice truck lordvngr!

 

[gw33gp]

My 89 STX was like that, white with the reddish stripe. It is still being driven by a co-worker and is in great condition with way over 200k miles on it.

 

[wrecking-crew]

damn. i didnt know a stx was that rare to find. i found mine on craigslist and bought it on impulse. if you want to see pics of my 88 stx go to http://www.cardomain.com/ride/3162891. and also can you tell me if its got the highrider package

 

[Sunk]

damn. i didnt know a stx was that rare to find. i found mine on craigslist and bought it on impulse. if you want to see pics of my 88 stx go to http://www.cardomain.com/ride/3162891. and also can you tell me if its got the highrider package

It doesn't look like yours has the HighRider package to me. It looks about how mine was when I got it. What size tires are on it?

 

[wrecking-crew]

my truck has 215-75-r15 size tires stock. same size on it now i beleive.

 

[Sunk]

Yeah, that's what mine had. Not the High Rider.

 

[baddis]

that is what the door sticker on mine calls for and it is a highrider

 

[Sunk]

Oh, nevermind then. Maybe somebody else will chime in...

 

[canyoncritter]

this is what the highrider/sport rider STX brackets look like....not the best pic, but its what I have. The eaiset way to tell is if your radius arm crossmemeber has the spacer blocks in it.And the crossmember is rivited to the frame.

2nd way is to look at the driver side beam bracket, it will have a solid late runnig down it, vs being open like the standard brackets....